Breeding goats for meat production: A review - 1. Genetic resources, management and breed evaluation

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-106

  Shrestha, J N B ^a   Fahmy, M H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b International Livestock Consulting Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breed evaluation; Genetic resources; Management; Meat goat

Indexed keywords

CAPRA AEGAGRUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRA IBEX; NUBIAN;

EID: 18144423148     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(03)00183-4     Document Type: Article

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